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<h2>Militarized Interstate Disputes</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>A small sample from the militarized interstate disputes (MID) database.
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<h3>Usage</h3>

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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A table containing 6 variables (&quot;conflict&quot;, &quot;major&quot;, &quot;contig&quot;, 
&quot;power&quot;, &quot;maxdem&quot;, &quot;mindem&quot;, and &quot;years&quot;) and 3,126 observations.  For
full variable descriptions, please see King and Zeng, 2001.  
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Militarized Interstate Disputes database</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>King, Gary, and Lanche Zeng (2001).  &ldquo;Explaining Rare Events in
International Relations,&rdquo; <em>International Organization</em>, vol. 55,
no. 3, pp. 693-715.  
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<p>Jones, Daniel M., Stuart A. Bremer and David Singer (1996).  &ldquo;Militarized
Interstate Disputes, 1816-1992: Rationale, Coding Rules, and Empirical
Patterns,&rdquo; <em>Conflict Management and Peace Science</em>, vol. 15,
no. 2, pp. 163-213.  
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